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'Man, I didn't want to let him down.' How Gary Pinkel instilled loyalty at Mizzou

Former Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel, left, and current coach Barry Odom talk with a recruit before the start of a spring NCAA college football game Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

Southeast Missouri vs Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. - In Friday’s Post-Dispatch, several of Gary Pinkel’s former assistant coaches reflected on their time working under the soon-to-be Hall of Fame inductee. Those wide-ranging interviews this week included many more quotes than we could squeeze into the story, so we’ve curated more here, oral history style.